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Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:52:25 -0600
From:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Cc:	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	narendra_k@...l.com, jcm@...hat.com, notting@...hat.com
Subject: Re: extended netdevice naming proposal

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:34:29AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
> With the presence of the pci_slot driver to allow association of the PCI 
> address with a "slot name" is encoding such information into the interface 
> name really necessary?

I think so.  1) Dell systems seem not to be able to put information
into pci_slot.  That needs investigation.  2) if it's not in the name,
the user must do the correlation themselves manually.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO
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